item on all submenus - switchboard

[Rod Smothers]

Main switchboard lists multiple sub menus....four schools and one for
"District Totals". Each of these five submenus leads to reports, etc.

"District Totals" shows up as a button on the four school switchboards but
is not supposed to. When I click it, it says that there was an error reading
the switchboard items table. District Totals is listed on the switchboard
items table as part of the main switchboard and as it's own switchboard but
it DOES NOT appear as an option in any of the school switchboards. It's like
a ghost stuck in the form. I can't take it out because it doesn't exist in
the school switchboards according to SBM.

Any suggestions?

 

[KARL DEWEY]

Post the data from your Switchboard Items table.

 

[Rod Smothers]

I keep seeing pretty reliable references to the possibility that SBM may not
work as advertised....is it buggy?

Heres the table. Thanks for looking at it.

SwitchboardID ItemNumber ItemText Command Argument
1 0 Main Switchboard Default
1 1 Bedford Elementary School 1 2
1 2 Milton Elementary School 1 3
1 3 Trimble Co. Middle School 1 4
1 4 Trimble Co. High School 1 5
1 5 Trimble Co. Head Start 1 6
1 6 Trimble Co. Board of Education 1 7
1 7 District Totals 1 8
2 0 Bedford Elementary School 0
2 1 Input Inventory 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
2 2 Computer Inventory 4 BES Computers
2 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers BES
2 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
3 0 Milton Elementary School 0
3 1 Inventory Input Form 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
3 2 Computer Inventory 4 MES Computers
3 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers MES
3 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
4 0 Trimble Co. Middle School 0
4 1 Inventory Input Form 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
4 2 Computer Inventory 4 TCMS Computers
4 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers TCMS
4 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
5 0 Trimble Co. High School 0
5 1 Inventory Input Form 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
5 2 Computer Inventory 4 TCHS Computers
5 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers TCHS
5 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
6 0 Trimble Co. Head Start 0
6 1 Inventory Input Form 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
6 2 Computer Inventory 4 Head Start Computers
6 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers Head Start
6 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
7 0 Trimble Co. Board of Education 0
7 1 Inventory Input Form 2 INVENTORY INPUT FORM
7 2 Computer Inventory 4 Board Computers
7 3 Printer Inventory 4 Printers Board
7 4 Main Switchboard 1 1
8 0 District Totals 0

 

[Rod Smothers]

Additional, perhaps? unrelated discovery in form design view.

Also, I have a "hidden button" in form design view. It's called
optionlabel8 and there's another smaller button associated with it called
option8. I can't see them in normal view but when I delete them, I get an
error something like "optionlabel8 in your expression is not available."

 

[KARL DEWEY]

I do not see anything that is wrong. I can only guess that your code behind
the switchboard is corupt.
Try renaming your switchboard form and items table and then building another
one using the stithchboard manager.

 

[KARL DEWEY]

I assume you are talking about the switchboard form and not another form.
Those labels and buttons become visible on the switchboard form when used.
Your switchboard form may be corupt. That is why I suggested to rename and
create new ones.

 

[Rod Smothers]

Recreated it and seems to be working fine....it just annoys me when I can't
find an explaination for unexpected behavior. Especially when I'm unfamiliar
with the app. Is it me or is it the code?

thanks!